International

In brief: News, reports & analysis from the CWI

The following short extracts are from recent articles posted on the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) website.

Israel: Hospital ancillary workers' strike suspended

Following three days of strike action by government hospital ancillary workers, the employers have agreed to cancel the elimination of 200 posts created to handle the Covid pandemic

Cuban protests - what do they represent?

On 11 July, Cuba was rocked by the largest protests to have taken place since the 1994 'Maleconazo' protests

South Africa: Build working class unity for way forward for all

Germany: Flood disaster affects hundreds of thousands

Click here for an article by Caspar Loettgers, Mainz, and Tom Hoffmann, Berlin, members of Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität (CWI Germany)

New wave of radicalisation in Latin America

The new wave of struggle poses the need for mass parties of the working class

Putting the Olympic gravy train ahead of public health

On 8 July, just over two weeks before the games were due to open, Japanese premier Suga Yoshihide announced that the Olympics would be held without spectators

Kazakhstan: Solidarity with protesters attacked by regime forces

The Committee for a Workers' International has received an appeal for solidarity from a group of left activists in Kazakhstan, known as 'Red Yurt', following a vicious attack by state security forces on a demonstration in Almaty, the country's largest city.

Kazakhstan: Nur Otan regime attacks peaceful protest

The Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) has received from a group of left activists in Kazakhstan known as 'Red Yurt' an account of a vicious attack on a demonstration in Almaty and an appeal for solidarity.

Israel: Hospital ancillary workers strike over pay parity and workload

Ancillary staff at government hospitals in Israel are taking strike action, starting on 13 July, after three years of negotiations with the ministry of finance.

The Israeli working class

The Socialist Party has consistently argued that the working class is the only force which can solve the enormous social and economic capitalist crises in the Middle East, and end the occupation and repression of the Palestinian people

Israel: Hospital ancillary workers strike over pay parity and workload

Ancillary staff at government hospitals in Israel are taking strike action after three years of negotiations with the ministry of finance

German Greens: The image and reality

In Germany, the Green party is riding a wave of popularity. Following the selection of Annalena Baerbock as its candidate for Chancellor (Prime Minister) it hit 28% in the opinion polls.

Are Biden's immigration policies a break with Trump's?

In the fourth article of our continuing series on the new Biden administration, the Independent Socialist Group (CWI, USA) critically examines the new president's immigration policies.

Iran's presidential election

Ebrahim Raisi's election as president, openly described in Iran as 'engineered', revealed the regime's weak popular support.

Who represents the Palestinians?

The eleven-day Israeli air bombardment of the Gaza Strip and retaliatory Hamas rockets fired into Israel, ended with a shaky ceasefire and both sides claiming victory

Will Biden's new foreign policy change the direction of US imperialism?

Biden's first international meetings and visit to Europe as US president were certainly different from Trump's visits, but how much in substance has really changed?

Palestinian self-determination - is the solution one state or two?

This is the second in a series of articles on Israel-Palestine following last month's brutal war on Gaza by the Israeli regime

Will Biden's 'green' agenda avert an impending climate change catastrophe?

The US president announced that the US would re-join the Paris agreement on climate change, among other measures

Boycotts - what role can these play in the struggle for a Palestinian state?